Such a handsome boy!

It started with a letter from the school nurse; Gage had failed his eye exam.  I called Bill right away; I was freaking out.  I kept thinking that it must be some mistake because I was sure my boy could see - or rather that I hadn't noticed that he couldn't see.

I called the school nurse next.  I was sure she would tell me that they didn't really mean to send me that letter or it was all some sort of mistake; I really never noticed he had a vision problem.  After talking to her for about 10 minutes I decided that it was time to take him in for an exam and mostly so I could see for myself that my boy really needed help with the seeing.

So we get to the eye doctor and it is decided that I will accompany Gage into the exam and not Bill because I am the one with all the eye troubles (experience) and I am also the one who needs reassuring of whether or not Gage really needs glasses.  So they give him the test where he has to read all the letters and it was going well for the first 3 then he started saying letters that weren't there...then there were more letters that were not there & finally I realized my boy didn't have the perfect 20/20 like I thought he had.

So we called Bill in and picked out 2 pairs of glasses and Gage is perfectly happy with all of it!

Ode to Joy....or Gage

So its been months and I'm finally getting around to that birthday post.  Does this somehow disqualify me in any way for being "Mother of the Year"?  This is Gage this year for his birthday - if you need reminding it was June 21st...he turned 8!

Gage at age 7 is the next one and the swimming ones are Gage at age 6....& again at age 5

This is Gage at age 4.....

 This is Gage at age 3.  We were in Michigan at the Grandparents "cottage" and he caught this frog and wouldn't let it go....no matter what he was doing.  And that poor frog tried to play dead a few times but somehow Gage would shake him and he would come back to life!  (This really is true!)

 Gage at age 2 - He always wanted to be just like his "Best Pal" his dad!  He used to tell me "Mom, Dad is my Best Pal and you are NOT!".......makes a mother feel great right???  not so much.

 The start of the "Best Pal"

Here is when he was my "best pal" even though it was a brief best pal-ness!  I'll take it!  In this pic - Gage is only about 1/2 hour old.  I was still in the delivery suite....this was the start of it all!  Good Times!  And now my boy is 8......